First Time on the Wheel

Personal Comment: Before I attempted the 6 inch cylinder that was assigned I wanted to try making something much simpler and less ambitious. So I made this small cat dish. I found it difficult but not impossible to work on the wheel. I had a few busts before acually coming out with a usable creation. But now I have no problem centering due to the many attempt I had to practice when making this. After the dish dried I dipped it in white then dripped black glaze on to it. The black turned out to be more of a brown but that okay, I still like the way it looks now.

Coil Pot (Ceramics 1-2)

Person Comment: To make my coil pot I started by rolling out clay with my hands then making individual coils to connect together. The original project was 10 inches tall and looked like a vase  but sadly it was injured before the first firing. Only half of it remained (but at least that's something). To glaze it I dipped the pot into fringe white glaze and let that dry for a day. Then I proceed to spatter blue glaze on the inside and the outside of the pot. The glazing turned out exactly how I wanted it to, resulting in a spotted blue white mesh. I am still disappointed that the pot is not it's original glory but I am very happy with the end result I still have.

Slap Box of Noses (Ceramics 1-2)

Personal Comment:
This is the 7x7 slap box I made. I started by rolling out clay to the correct size then I cut out the slaps and slipped and scored them together. Next I wanted to at first make a face on one side of the box so I started by make the nose, and I ended up liking the nose so much that I made 17 more of them, and decided I would cover the box with them instead of just a plain old face. I dipped the whole box in a white glaze then I drizzled blue dots into the middle of it (not depicted) I didn't want to go into much detail with the glazing because I thought the noses were already interesting enough without over doing it.

Mug (Ceramics 1-2)

Personal Comment: This is the mug I made to represent "Dunder Mifflin" which is the paper company from the NBC show "The Office". I started by rolling out the clay into flat slabs that cut and rolled around a spray bottle to get the main shape of the mug. Then I attached the handle and the base separately. Carving out the logo into the side. I glazed the entire thing in blue glaze then I wiped off the blue from the logo and painted it white resulting in the logo being white and the writing in blue. I am very happy with the end result.

Salmon Pencil Cup (Ceramics 1-2)

Personal Comment:
This is my pinch pot project, it is entirely made out of clay. I started by pinching the clay to make he pot, then I carved out every individual Salmon and attached them all individually. My favorite fish has always been the Salmon, because of its distinctive shape and red-green body colors. I also needed a pencil cup for my desk so.....ta da....solution. This is my first time glazing so it didn't turn out quite the way I had planed but, overall I'm okay with the end result. It now resides on my desk at home holding pencils.

Tortoise Wire Sculpture (Ceramics 1-2)

Personal Comment:

This is my pet tortoise Humphrey

This is a wire sculpture I made, out of wire, paint, beads, and news print. It was my first project in ceramics. I started by sculpting the shape of the tortoise using various objects such as spray bottles (for the feet coil shape), Pliers (to shape by hand), a flash-light for the head and I even carved a carrot to be the shape I wanted for the tale. Using paper masheaa I wrapped the structure of only the shell of the tortoise with newsprint so as to create negative and positive space between the shell and the rest of the body. The sculpture is depicting my actual live pet tortoise 

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I plan to use this blog to post images and comment, of and on my art in ceramics class. Feel free to comment and critique my projects.